# Corinna
## Translingual
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Corinna f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Corinnidae – certain corinnid sac spiders.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae – order; Opisthothelae – suborder; Araneomorphae – infraorder; Corinnoidea – superfamily; Corinnidae – family; Corinninae – subfamily

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Corinna rubripes – type species; Corinna aberrans, Corinna aenea, Corinna alticeps, Corinna andina, Corinna annulipes, Corinna anomala, Corinna areolata, Corinna bicincta, Corinna bonneti, Corinna botucatensis, Corinna bristoweana, Corinna brunneipeltula, Corinna buccosa, Corinna bulbosa, Corinna bulbula, Corinna capito, Corinna chickeringi, Corinna colombo, Corinna corvina, Corinna cribrata, Corinna cruenta, Corinna ducke, Corinna eresiformis, Corinna ferox, Corinna galeata, Corinna granadensis, Corinna grandis, Corinna haemorrhoa, Corinna humilis, Corinna ignota, Corinna inermis, Corinna javuyae, Corinna kochi, Corinna longitarsis, Corinna loricata, Corinna macra, Corinna major, Corinna mandibulata, Corinna mexicana, Corinna modesta, Corinna mourai, Corinna napaea, Corinna natalis, Corinna nitens, Corinna nossibeensis, Corinna octodentata, Corinna olivacea, Corinna parva, Corinna parvula, Corinna peninsulana, Corinna perida, Corinna phalerata, Corinna pictipes, Corinna plumipes, Corinna propera, Corinna punicea, Corinna recurva, Corinna sanguinea, Corinna selysi, Corinna spinifera, Corinna tatei, Corinna testacea, Corinna toussainti, Corinna travassosi, Corinna urbanae, Corinna variegata, Corinna venezuelica – other species

### References

* Corinnid sac spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Corinna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Corinna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore.

### Proper noun

Corinna
* (historical) An ancient Greek poetess.
** 1816, “Pindar”, in Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 2nd edition, volume 17, page 559:During this period he became acquainted with the poetess Corinna, who was likewiſe a ſtudent under Myrtis, and, Pauſanias ſays, was one of the moſt beautiful women of her time.
** 1999, David Mulroy, editor, Early Greek Lyric Poetry, page 167:The most renowned poetess of ancient Greece, after Sappho, was Corinna, who came from a town in Boeotia named Tanagra.
** 2005, David H. J. Larmour, “2: Corinna's Poetic Metis and the Epinikian Tradition”, in Ellen Greene, editor, Women Poets in Ancient Greece and Rome, page 25:[…] it may not be going too far, in other words, to characterize Corinna's poetry as significantly "woman-identified," to use Rayor's term.
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 1601, Thomas Campion, When to Her Lute Corinna Sings, A Book of Ayres, 2006, Jay Parini (editor), The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry, page 614,
    When to her lute Corinna sings, / Her voice revives the leaden strings,

#### Related terms

* Cora
* Corina
* Corinne

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Cronian, Norican

## German
### Alternative forms

* Corina

### Proper noun

Corinna
* a female given name, equivalent to English Corinna